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Recovery Oriented Prescribing

Recovery Oriented Prescribing. June 3, 2013 Ronald J Diamond M.D. University of Wisconsin Department of Psychiatry Consultant, Wisconsin Bureau of Mental Health and Substance Abuse diamond@wisc.edu. Traditional Approach to Prescribing. Start with accurate diagnosis

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Recovery Oriented Prescribing

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  1. Recovery Oriented Prescribing June 3, 2013 Ronald J Diamond M.D. University of Wisconsin Department of Psychiatry Consultant, Wisconsin Bureau of Mental Health and Substance Abuse diamond@wisc.edu

  2. Traditional Approach to Prescribing • Start with accurate diagnosis • Inform patient about the role of medication in treating this condition • Engage the patient around the need for medication adherence • Patient input is necessary, but the expertise of the prescriber is most critical

  3. Recovery approach to using medication • Start with shared identification of problems that may respond to medication • Focus on areas of agreement • Understand that medication is a partial solution to certain kind sof problems

  4. Medication is not “good” nor “bad • In psychiatry, medication is rarely a cure of some underlying disorder • Medication can be an important, albeit partial solution, to certain kinds of problems

  5. Understand the problem before trying to propose a solution • What is the problem that the consumer wants help with? • How big is the problem? • How has it interfered with the consumer’s life? • What else has the person tried to deal with this problem? Modified from Pat Deegan

  6. We prescribe medication to help a consumer “get better”, but what does “getting better” mean? • Feel better • Decrease symptoms • Increase function • Increase stability/stay out of hospital • Improve subjective sense of well-being • Improve quality of life

  7. All medication has risks • Balance potential benefits Vs. risks • What risks or benefits are most important • Question of values • Who gets to decide? • When is a risk not worth it” • What is the risk of NOT taking medication?

  8. Think about side effects from the client’s point of view How much weight gain should a patient with schizophrenia tolerate from a medication that seems to be helping? How much weight gain would you tolerate from a medication

  9. “Paper or plastic?”

  10. The “message” is critical: What is the “good patient” supposed to do? • Take an active role, or wait for meds to work? • Adjust to current life, or actively change life? • Instead of therapy, or with therapy

  11. Things that interfere with medication working • Consumer not taking it • Dose not correct • Not taking it for long enough • Substance use • Medical illness • Diagnosis incorrect • Unrealistic expectations of what medication is able to do Medications do not work for everyone

  12. Increase in Magnitude of Placebo Response in Clinical Trials of Schizophrenia since 1993 Kinon, Potts and Watson 2011

  13. Treatment Adherence

  14. Taking medication regularly Medications only have a chance of working if they are taken regularly: and most are not!!! Non-compliance rates for common illness: Arthritis 55-71 % Bipolar 20-57% Diabetes 19-80% Hypertension 50% drop out at 1 year

  15. Valenstein et al Schiz Bull 2004

  16. Start with the client’s own goals • What does he or she want • How does his current behavior interfere • How can one help the person get from here there Enhancing Motivation for Change

  17. Health beliefs • How do we decide the nature of a problem? • Do we believe this problem is “illness”? • Do we all agree on this definition of problem? • Is this the kind of problem that will respond to medication? • Is there some part of the problem that might respond to mediation?

  18. Belief’s about the “problem” Why is John not working? • Lazy • Unmotivated • Stupid • Unskilled • Waiting • Stressed out • Pre-occupied • Looking for work • In school • Ill • Disabled • Alcoholic • Laid off • Wealthy-doesn’t need to

  19. Why is this person hearing “voices”? • Spiritual • Parapsychological • Normal (doesn’t everyone) • Neurological • Symptom of stress or PTSD • Drug related • Caused by someone or something else • Voices are “real” • Mental illness--symptom of psychosis

  20. What does it “mean” to take medications? • Ill • Disabled • Dependent • Damaged • Has a right to services • Limits are justified • Not your fault • Problem is “real” • Something can be done/can be “fixed”

  21. Helpful to develop a “target list” • What is the target of the medication: what behavior/feeling or experience do we hope will change? • What is the consumer hoping medication will do? • What are others hoping medication will do? • Should be detailed, specific and concrete • Based on observable behavior

  22. Some “targets” better indicators of medication effects than others • Intrusiveness of beliefs will change more than beliefs will change • Distress causes by voices will change even if voices do not go away • Decrease in suicidal ideation may be more likely than complete absence • Improved behavior may occur before improvement in subjective sense of mood

  23. Where is medication effective, and where not? • Panic frequency may decrease with medication, but the associated agoraphobia and anticipatory anxiety requires behavioral therapy • Medication may help mood stability in someone with bipolar, but listing of early warning signs, risk situations, behavioral ways to support stability are all important

  24. I Using medication as a tool to recovery • What is the problem that the consumer wants help with? • How has this problem interfered in the person’s life? • How big is the problem? Modified from Pat Deegan

  25. Using medication as a tool to recovery • Medication is something the consumer can do to take more control over his or her own life • Medication can make one feel dependent, out of control, or help to regain more control • Does it feel that it is something the consumer is doing, or something being done to the consumer? Modified from Pat Deegan

  26. II Using medication as a tool to recovery What else has the person tried to deal with this problem? • How much does the consumer want help with it? • What will happen if this gets better? • What will happen if this does not get better? Modified from Pat Deegan

  27. III Using medication as a tool to recovery How might medication help with this problem? • Specific concrete target goals for medication • How would the consumer know medication is helping? • How would the consumer know that the medication is making things worse? • How would other people know? • How long a time is reasonable to wait to see? Modified from Pat Deegan

  28. IV Using medication as a tool to recovery What else can the consumer do along with the medication? What else does the consumer want from others, along with the medication? Modified from Pat Deegan

  29. Need for collaborative participation in medication decisions • Consumers, psychiatrists, and other clinicians can all learn how to facilitate this collaboration • Consumers can learn how to talk to their psychiatrist • Bring a friend or support person • Write down the most important questions • “role play” the appointment

  30. Using Medication Effectively • The issue is not “compliance” or “adherence” • The issue is effectiveness • Is this medication being used in a way to be most helpful in dealing with the problem, while causing the least risk and side effect burden? • A consumer may choose to use medication other than as prescribed. This is a decision, not an error • What has gone into the consumer’s decision? • Respectful curiosity is helpful; lecturing is not helpful

  31. In a collaboration we are all “in charge” friends consumer family Primary care Prescriber Therapist • Who makes what decisions?

  32. Part of Wellness • Exercise • Healthy good • Sleep • Activities and structure • Friends

  33. If the medication does not work • Is the diagnosis correct? • Has a medical illness gone unrecognized? • Has the dose been high enough for a long enough period of time? • Is substance abuse interfering? • Is the person taking the medication? • Medication does NOT work for everyone!

  34. Medication • Medication is NEVER a goal of treatment: • Medication is a tool to help the consumer reach his or her own goals • Medication always has a “meaning” that may be as important as pharmacology • Ambivalence about medication is normal • People will take medication if they feel it will help them • …and will not take it if they feel it will not help

  35. Taking medication regularly • Beliefs are important • About the problem • About the solution • About whether medication will help • Relationships are important • We take medication from people we trust • Hope is important: why do anything if you feel it will not help, and your life cannot get better

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